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BLOOMINGTON. – Numerous infrastructure improvement projects are underway this season to advance community goals, including safety, sustainability, accessibility, equity, economic vitality, and quality of life in Bloomington.  The City will...

BEDFORD – The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department welocmes two new officers, Deputy Andrea K. Barnett and Deputy Anthony G. Pope Jr. These officers were sworn in on Monday by the Honorable...

BLOOMINGTON – An affordable homeownership program funded through Mayor John Hamilton’s Recover Forward initiative has successfully helped a first participant purchase a home of her own. Through the Shared Appreciation Homeownership Program, the...

BLOOMINGTON – A two-day trial in Monroe Circuit Court last week, cleared hunter Michael Nanny, of Gosport of any wrongdoing. Nanny was accused of two counts of criminal recklessness with a...

BEDFORD – A Mitchell man was arrested early this morning after a Bedford Police officer on routine patrol noticed a teal Ford Ranger traveling south on State Road 37 with...

Lawrence County Superior Court II Judge Bob Cline sentenced Shannon Edwards after he pleaded guilty to dealing meth to 12 years to the Indiana Department of Corrections. Judge Cline suspended...

Two people were found dead in a truck after a shooting was reported Sunday morning in the parking lot of a hotel on Preston Highway, according to Louisville Metro Police....

MITCHELL – Marion Township and Mitchell Fire Departments were dispatched at 3:58 a.m. to a kiln fire at the Lehigh plant. When firefighters arrived on the scene they were directed to...

The Monroe County Health Department will rescind its COVID-19 health order Monday, May 17 at 8 a.m., according to a press release Friday. Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton will also rescind Executive Order...

ELLETTSVILLE – Bedford North Lawrence felt the heat from one of the state’s elite and could not douse the flames. Roncalli sophomore phenom Keegan Rothrock struck out 14 and didn’t...

A Bedford man was arrested after Oolitic town marshals were alerted to a domestic fight in the 810 block of Smith Avenue on May 4. The woman told officers she...

BEDFORD – A Mitchell woman was arrested Wednesday after a Bedford Police officer was conducting a routine patrol in the area of 16th and H streets when he witnessed a gray Dodge...

BEDFORD – A French Lick man was arrested on a warrant after he was stopped by an Indiana State Police trooper on Wednesday, February 24. The trooper was patrolling on Mitchell...

SHOALS – Firefighters with Shoals, Martin County Civil Defense, and Lost River Fire Departments are battling a log cabin fire in the 12000 block of Chicken Farm Road. The fire was...

BEDFORD – A Bedford man was arrested after Bedford Police officers were alerted about a suspicious male at Clover Lane apartments. When officers arrived the male had left in a...